CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The city said projects worth about $200 million have been approved for four South and West side neighborhoods to provide new life to them, as part of the city’s Invest South/West program.
The neighborhoods chosen for four mixed-use development are South Chicago, North Lawndale, Bronzeville, and New City. In total, development for those neighborhoods will include more than 215 residential units, 40,000 square feet of commercial space, and hundreds of temporary and permanent jobs.
"We have to see the whole of the city. The city is bigger than the downtown, the South Loop, the West Loop, River North," said Mayor Lightfoot.
For example, in South Chicago, on 88th and Commercial, a new four-story building will be constructed with 35 mixed income residences and a three-story building will be renovated with 10 mixed-income units, as well as a café, business center, and bike shop.
Then, in North Lawndale, more than $31 million will be spent by three developers to build 60 mixed income apartments, three townhomes, commercial space, and a community center along Ogden Avenue between Homan and Trumbull.
"If you feel the electricity in this room and the excitement about what these projects will mean for the neighborhoods, that really says it all," Lightfoot said.
Groundbreakings could take place next spring.
There had been 15 applicants vying to win the developments. The city said they were so strong, the city is working with the ones not chosen for another series of developments.
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